FORTY NINE
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“How are you? What do you feel?” I asked as she wakes up. She still seems a bit weak right now, but at least she is not unconscious anymore. She is not also bloody, she is cleaned.
“What do you think, Thanatos?”
“I am just asking you politely, Makaria.”
“I am your boss here, you should not call me like that” here we go again. We can’t talk without arguing. It is just a simple question!
“Oh come on, do we still have to argue about that again? Just answer my question because I was worried”
“You are worried? It is my first time to hear that coming from you” she gave me a confusing face before she raised one of her eyebrows. She is giving an attitude again, I guess she is fine now. She is back to her normal state.
“I am really worried. What happened to you back there? Do you mind telling me?” then I walk towards her and sat on the small chair beside her bed.
“Uhm… well, I slipped so yeah” what the? Does she think I am that stupid to believe that alibi?
“Makaria… you slipped then all of a sudden your whole office is a mess? You are even covered with blood. Wait, how’s the baby?” I just remembered that she is pregnant! Isn’t she? Let’s just say that she is truly pregnant for now… but I can’t just set aside the fact that she might just be pretending or faking it.
“T-the baby? Our baby… is fine” now I can see that she become a little nervous, her tone of voice became different as if she is hiding something and she doesn’t want to talk further.
“Really? What is the blood on your thighs down to your leg then? Isn’t it a sign of miscarriage?” I asked because based on the telenovelas that I have watched, when a pregnant woman has a contraction of blood, she might have miscarried the baby.
Wait, if that is what happened… it means she is really pregnant, right?
But what if she is not pregnant like what Nemesis and Dianna said... Where does her blood come from then?
“What? N-no”
“If not, then what is that?”
“I need to rest, Can you leave me alone?” she is trying to avoid it. Damn it. I am so puzzled right now! How can I help her if she is being like that!
“Makaria, you are not telling me anything about what happened to you in your office. Let me understand” then I tried to touch one of her hands. She was surprised when I did that.
“You won’t”
“Okay then… I’ll ask you something.”
“What is it?”
“Do you know Benedict Castro?”
I distinctively looked at her facial expression. She seem so nervous again, something troubled her when she heard that name.
“W-who?!”
“Answer it,” I said seriously. She can’t even look at me straight in the eyes right now.
“If I answer that would you promise that you will leave me alone?”
LEAVE HER? NO. NOT NOW. NOT ANYMORE.
“No, I can’t promise that.”
“Why not?”
“Because as I remember earlier before you fainted, you told me to protect you and not to leave you”
The way she told me those words earlier… I felt her pure feeling of fear.
Don’t leave me!
I can still remember how she said it…
You told me that I’ll be safe with you… you told me that you want to protect me, then, protect me!
It was the first time. It felt so real and true.
“I did?” but now she is doing that pretend-to-be-innocent strategy?
“Oh please don’t act that you forget about it! You are too scared. Now tell me, what really happened? Do you remember Benedict Castro? As I noticed instead of answering me, you are just throwing questions at me just to avoid it.” I stood up and went even close to her. She is not opening up!
“Huh”
Oh, damn! Is that even a response?!
“Do you have any plan to answer my questions?”
“No” great, Why did I even bother asking her that. Of course, she will say no.
“I am trying to help you! You are making me so confused”
“IT IS YOU THAT MAKE THINGS SO CONFUSING” then I was surprised when her voice started to rise. She shouted. She looks frustrated. Now, I am even more confused.
“What?”
“Why are you asking about Benedict Castro? He is not my employee anymore. I fired him a long time ago. I can’t understand the connection of him to what happened to me”
“I know but… can you please, please, describe what happened to you back there? I really wanted to know”
I know she has no idea about the connection but… I can’t tell her everything unless she tells me what happened to the office. I am not quite sure if it really is Benedict’s fault or something else.
“I told you, I slipped!” Oh great, she uses that alibi again!
“That doesn’t seem like that! You are lying to me”
“What do you want to hear then?”
“The truth… tell me the truth, please” then I showed her how sincere I am. I touched both of her hands and tried to look into her eyes. I really need to know everything and I hope she complies.
“T-the… the truth is…I felt a very strong wind”
“Continue... I am listening” then I sat again to the chair beside her. At last! She is starting to state what happened.
“I opened the window for a moment… to catch some fresh air because I am so frustrated with you earlier. You know what I mean. Then suddenly, there’s a very strong wind that entered my office. It is too strong like a small whirlwind or something and… I can’t even believe that it’s all true. This wind crashed everything in my office and I was… affected by it. Then the last thing I know is that I am bleeding already… that is where you found me on the floor”
From what she is telling… it seems like it is caused by a vengeance soul. Confirmed, Benedict tried to harm her.
“So that’s what happened”
“Yes, don’t worry. Our baby is still safe” then I saw her touching her belly again.
“That is good to hear. I am glad you’re safe” I said before I smiled at her. I need to tell this to Sephtis.
“Wait, did you believe me? Do you believe in everything I said?”
“Yes. By the way, I am going out, I just need to handle something okay? I’ll be right back” and with that, I immediately left her. I need to go.
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MAKARIA’S POV
Is he insane? He really believe my story? I am right, something is really fishy with him. How can he believe that kind of alibi? He didn’t accept my ‘slipped’ thing reason but this one? What a crap.
I can’t actually tell him what really happened to me back there. I can’t tell him the whole truth, or else all my plans will be ruined.
---FLASHBACK---
“Damn him! He is crap! How dare he do that to me huh?” I am so frustrated right now. I am storming around. I just ruined all of the things here in my office. Everything is a mess, and I WANT IT THIS WAY FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO GO HERE AND CLEAN ALL THIS UP!
“Ma’am Antoinette… calm yourself down please”
“Get out Eve! Don’t you dare stop me from what I am doing!”
“B-but Ma’am…”
“I said GET OUT!” Then with that, she quickly opened the door and left me. She was scared, and I am not surprised.
That Thanatos, I really hate him! He is confusing me. Yesterday he wanted to keep me safe, now he wanted to distance himself? Oh really? Until when should I wait for him to open up to me?!
I mess all the things up in this office of mine just to release my frustration and make HIM suffer cleaning it. I’ve been doing that for a few minutes before I got so tired. Damn. He made me do all of this!
“Mr. Salvador?”
“Y-yes…?”
Then suddenly, I heard someone talking behind the door. So l quickly went near it to listen...
“Why don't you come in? She is waiting for you inside”
“How many years have you been working with her? With…Ms. Antoinette?”
It’s Thanatos and Eve… why would Thanatos ask something like that?
“It's been five years already, why?”
“Is she capable of doing… such crappy things like…pretending and lying to make someone look like a fool?”
“What? W-what do you m-mean?”
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“Is she pretending to be pregnant?”
Wait… what?! Is he having doubts now? How? Did he finally remember? No. It should not be like this, I have to do something! I need to think of a way to catch his attention.
THINK THINK THINK!
I looked around and saw some shattered wine glass on the floor. I have an idea. I immediately took it and tried to wound the left part of my inner thighs to let it bleed…after that I covered it with my long skirt.
With this… I am sure that he won’t be having doubts anymore that I am pregnant. He might be so worried about me….
“Aaaahhhh!!!” I shouted before I sat down on the floor looking at my legs full of blood.
*crash*
*Door opens*
“Ma’am Antoinette? Oh my gosh! What happened?!”
---END OF FLASHBACK---
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